Is SCALP a Wordle Word?

Yes. SCALP is a valid Wordle word.

It is on the original Wordle answer list and has not been an answer yet, so it could be a future answer.

What does SCALP mean?

/skælp/

The top of the head; the skull.
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.“Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.”

4 more noun definitions

To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.“Tickets were being scalped for $300.”
On an open outcry exchange trading floor, to buy and sell rapidly for one's own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).

5 more verb definitions

To screen or sieve ore before further processing.“scalped ore”
To remove the skin of.
To remove the grass from.
To destroy the political influence of.
(milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.

Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.

Starter word rating: AverageIn the top 35% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: A
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: A, L

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